Collagen fibril formation during development

Conference · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6325952

Fleischmajer, R; Perlish, J S; Timpl, R; Olsen, B R

Studies with embryonic skin and bone suggested that the aminopropeptide (AP) and carboxylpropeptide (CP) of type I pro-callagen (pro-col) play a role in fibril formation. Chick leg metatarsal tendons were studied by electron microscopy. AP and CP of type I pro-col were purified from chick leg tendons; antibodies developed in rabbits and purity tested by radioimmunoassays. Antibodies were used for immunofluorescence microscopy (IFM) and immunoblotting (IB). The peritendineum, consisting of thin 20-30 nm fibrils, revealed the AP of type I and type III procol. In the tendon area, collagen fibrils were arranged within small compartments and were of uniform diameter at 10d, 14d and 18d. However, beyond 21d, there was confluency of the compartments and a wide range of fibril diameters. IFM revealed fine streaks of collagen, staining with the AP of type I throughout the tendon. The CP was mainly intracellular with only a small amount present in the extracellular space. IB revealed procollagen, pN-collagen (AP+collagen) and pC-collagen, (CP+collagen) at all stages of development. Ratios of pN/pC collagen, determined by spectrophotometric scanning of autoradiographs, correlated well with the distribution of fibril diameter. This study suggests the hypothesis that AP initiates fibrillogenesis while CP may regulate additional fibril growth.

• Research Organization: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
• OSTI ID: 6325952
• Report Number(s): CONF-870644-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 46:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
ANTIBODIES
AUTORADIOGRAPHY
BIOSYNTHESIS
BIRDS
BODY
BONE CELLS
CHICKENS
COLLAGEN
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
EMBRYONIC CELLS
FOWL
IMMUNOASSAY
IMMUNOLOGY
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
MICROSCOPY
ONTOGENESIS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PEPTIDES
PROTEINS
RADIOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNOLOGY
SCLEROPROTEINS
SKIN
SOMATIC CELLS
SYNTHESIS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
VERTEBRATES